2013/3/5 Lazare Inepologlou <linep...@gmail.com> > 2013/3/5 Tom Boutell <t...@punkave.com> > > > Can't you do this already? memory_limit can be fetched via ini_read, > > and together with memory_get_usage you should be able to check for > > this sort of thing. Admittedly having to parse memory_limit (which can > > be in various units) is not perfect. > > > > This is not the same at all. When are you going to run this code? Memory > allocations happen all the time. What Nathan asked for is an event that is > triggered when the memory consumption reaches a threshold. >
You can use ticks :) http://php.net/control-structures.declare#control-structures.declare.ticks > > However, there is a different solution, which is better IMHO in the case of > caches: weak references. A weak reference automatically frees the memory of > the object, when the memory is needed. > http://php.net/manual/en/book.weakref.php. > > Having said that, none of these solutions scale up to multiple servers. > This is why shared cache systems like memcached are recommended. > Well, maybe I don't understand, what you are trying to tell, but if you run out of memory, this of course only affects one server on its own. > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 1:23 PM, <nat...@starin.biz> wrote: > > > As PHP applications are turning into large frameworks one of the issues > > > arriving is memory management. One of the issues is that many > frameworks > > use > > > sophisticated caching techniques to make accessing the same data > quickly, > > > this improves speed it is at the cost of memory. Often the developer > > knows > > > these areas that cache and often times already have functions in place > to > > > clear out the cache, however in the case where PHP is approaching or > > exceeds > > > memory limits PHP runs the GC then dies if it cannot allocate enough > > memory. > > > If we implemented "memory warning" triggers or user function that will > be > > > called before the GC is executed which allows the user to try and free > up > > > some memory on their own. This hopefully would give more flexibility to > > > allowing these advanced caching techniques but at the same time allow > the > > > cache to be cleared out in case memory is getting low. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Software Developer > > > > > > Nathan Bruer > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Tom Boutell > > P'unk Avenue > > 215 755 1330 > > punkave.com > > window.punkave.com > > > > -- > > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > Lazare INEPOLOGLOU > Ingénieur Logiciel > -- github.com/KingCrunch
